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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Atzel notice about the food in paradise?
(a) It is far too much to eat.
(b) It tastes different from food on earth.
(c) It is always the same.
(d) It makes him sleepy.

2. What do the doctors pronounce Atzel to be when he wants to go to paradise?
(a) Alive.
(b) Insane.
(c) Starved.
(d) Dead.

3. During what holiday does Grandmother's story take?
(a) Hanukkah.
(b) Christmas.
(c) Thanksgiving.
(d) All Hallows Eve.

4. What does Grandmother's tale end with?
(a) An old saying.
(b) A declaration.
(c) A scripture.
(d) A rhyme.

5. What is the first thing the doctor tells the older man to do to cure Atzel?
(a) Slap him.
(b) Put him outside.
(c) Sing to him.
(d) Bury him.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is kept burning in the room made to look like paradise?

2. What does Tudras want to buy with the money from the snow?

3. Who told Atzel about paradise?

4. What did Chelm need money for?

5. Who does the strange man in "Grandmother's Tale" turn out to be?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did the children keep playing with the strange man after they noticed something strange happening?

2. What do the Elders decide to do during the next snow after seeing what happened?

3. What do the children ask of their grandmother at the beginning of "Grandmother's Tale"?

4. What did the strange man in "Grandmother's Tale" do when he came into the house?

5. How do the Elders decide to tell the people not to trample the snow?

6. How does Atzel feel during his own funeral?

7. What strange thing did the children notice while the strange man was playing with them?

8. What happens to Atzel's life after his time in paradise?

9. What kind of young man is Atzel when he grows up?

10. What did the strange man who appeared in "Grandmother's Tale" look like?

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